1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

410 THE SCROLL.President Butler is now in the Bermudas for his health.In basketball this year, Columbia, with a stronger team than her championshipsquad of last year, won second place in the inter-collegiate contest.Although the hockey team won from both Princeton and Williams, it lostits two most important games of the season,—those with Yale and Harvard.The wrestling team defeated both Pennsylvania and Princeton but wasitself defeated by the strong team from Yale.Bad weather has prevented the crew squads from rowing on the river andthe baseball nine from practicing on an outside diamond. The real meritsof these teams cannot be tested in the gymnasium, and pleasant weather isearnestly looked for.The eighth annual gym term contest will be held in the Columbia gymnasiumon March 30, 1906. Teams from Columbia, Yale, Harvard, Princeton,Pennsylvania, New York University, Rutgers and Haverford will compete.During the week of March 12, King's down presented the originalmusical comedy entitled "The Conspirators" at the Carnegie Lyceum. Itwas conceded by all the very best and most successful performance evergiven by a Columbia cast. 4» A © was represented in the leading role byBro. E. V. Kehrlein and in the chorus by Bros. Barber and Streeter.The committee in charge found it impossible to secure the use of thedining hall at the Aldin'e Association for March 15 so the date of thealumni dinner was changed lo the 17th. Many brothers were unable to attend,owing to this change of date, but in spite of the sudden and unexpectedveering of the same, about seventy Phis assembled, and, after partakingof the sumptuous meal, greatly enjoyed each others companionshipamid enthusiastic speeches and the sweet melodious strains of "Sans Souci"as effectually rendered bv the quartet.New York, March 1906.P. MAPELSDEN, Jr.NEW YORK EPSILON, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY.With the approach of spring work will begin at once on the new buildingsand it is expected that nearly all will be ready for occupancy at the openingof college next fall. Next year a new five year course of chemical engineeringwill be offered in the engineering college. Also the entrance requirementsfor that college are to be raised and the faculty greatly enlarged.The university is already engaged in reconstructing the Yates castle whichis to be made into a college of pedagogy. The estate adjoins the universitycampus and will make a much needed addition to the same. During thesummer a number of tennis courts are to be laid out on the new grounds.In athletics, matters are progressing well. We have been defeated byWilliams and Pennsylvania in basketball, thus losing the much sought forchampionship. The last game of the season occurs on March 24, when weplay a return game with Co. E, of Schenectady. The crew candidates arepracticing daily on the lake and prospects are bright for a successful year.The freshman candidates have been cut to 20 men. On March 9 in theannual A. A. U. track meet held in the state armory we captured first placewith 50 points. A great deal of promising material is in sight. James W.Heffernan has been chosen baseball coach and at a recent call for candidatesabout 40 men reported. The batteries are practicinp daily in the statearmory and the infield and out field candidates in the gymnasium and cage.Of last years' team eight men are in college. Our first game is with Hobarton April li, and the team leaves on the southern trip on the 15th.